Community Engagement Survey: Bartillon Purpose Built Shelter

The City of Madison is collaborating with Dane County to plan for and design a purpose-built, shelter facility that will serve primarily men in our community who experience homelessness. The facility, to be built at 1902 Bartillon Drive, will be Madison’s first purpose-built shelter. To ensure that it best meets the needs of those who will use it and the community more broadly, we know how important it is to engage folks with lived experience, service providers and the neighborhood in discussions about shelter design and supportive service needs. This survey is meant to gather input from those groups and to help inform decisions. It is designed to collect input from three specific groups:

 

·       Persons who have experienced homelessness and who are currently using overnight shelter services, have used shelter services in the past, or have chosen not to use shelter services.

 

·       Service providers and other community stakeholders who have, or do work with unhoused populations and want to share their perspectives regarding the service needs they see in the community.

 

·       People who live, or own or operate businesses, in or near the area where the shelter is planned to be built. 

 

The survey is structured so that the questions it asks are different depending on which of the three groups you identify with. However, if you identify with more than one group (e.g. a service provider with lived experience) you are welcome to take the survey more than once.

 

The survey takes up to 15 minutes to complete and will close on Friday, November 4th.